Spending on Welfare Benefits

There have been votes in Parliament on the level of spending on welfare benefits. Specific matters voted on include a cap on the overall amount the state spends on welfare each year, the rate of increase of various benefits, and the operation of specific benefits.

All votes about a reduction in spending on welfare benefits:

On 9 Nov 2010:Karl Turner voted against reducing housing benefit for those who have been on Jobseekers Allowance for over a year.
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On 19 Jan 2011:Karl Turner voted to call on the Government to keep the education maintenance allowance (EMA) in England.
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On 19 Jan 2011:Karl Turner voted against the Government reforms to arrangements for supporting students aged 16-19.
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On 9 Mar 2011:Karl Turner voted against introducing Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and against restricting housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 9 Mar 2011:Karl Turner was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform Bill — Second ReadingShow vote

On 13 Jun 2011:Karl Turner voted to introduce a childcare element to Universal Credit.
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On 13 Jun 2011:Karl Turner voted to exclude up to fifty thousand pounds in an ISA from the assessment of capital used to determine if someone in work is eligible for Universal Credit.
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On 15 Jun 2011:Karl Turner voted against introducing Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and against restricting housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 31 Jan 2012:Karl Turner voted against moving from a national council tax benefit to a system of local councils administering council tax reductions for those in financial need.
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On 1 Feb 2012:Karl Turner voted for those who have been ill or disabled since their youth to receive Employment and Support Allowance on the same basis as if they had made sufficient National Insurance contributions to qualify for a contribution based allowance.
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On 1 Feb 2012:Karl Turner voted to increase the time people can receive contribution based ESA from one year to at least 730 days.
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On 1 Feb 2012:Karl Turner voted to allow those with a cancer diagnosis or undergoing cancer treatment to continue to receive contribution based Employment and Support Allowance after the usual 365 day limit is reached.
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On 1 Feb 2012:Karl Turner voted to exclude child benefit from the benefit cap.
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On 1 Feb 2012:Karl Turner voted to set the lower rate of the Universal Credit payment in relation to disabled children and young people at a minimum of two-thirds of the higher rate.
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On 1 Feb 2012:Karl Turner voted to require the housing cost element of universal credit to be sufficient to cover the actual cost of housing for social tenants in cases where no offer of alternative accommodation has been made and the household has no more than one spare bedroom.
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On 21 Feb 2012:Karl Turner voted to exclude people in specified circumstances from a reduction in housing benefits due to being deemed to have excess bedrooms.
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On 24 Oct 2012:Karl Turner voted against introducing under-occupation criteria applying to housing benefit for working age claimants in the social rented sector and not to set the rates of Local Housing Allowance which applies to private rented accommodation.
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On 20 Jul 2015:Karl Turner voted against reducing the household benefit cap, against freezing the rate of many working-age benefits, against reducing social rents in England and against other changes to the benefits system.
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On 20 Jul 2015:Karl Turner was absent for a vote on Welfare Reform and Work Bill — Second ReadingShow vote

On 15 Sep 2015:Karl Turner voted against reducing the amounts people are paid in tax credits.
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On 14 Oct 2015:Karl Turner voted against reducing public borrowing and against capping welfare spending.
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On 20 Oct 2015:Karl Turner voted against an impending reduction in the amount people are paid in tax credits.
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On 27 Oct 2015:Karl Turner voted against reducing the amount people are paid in tax credits.
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On 27 Oct 2015:Karl Turner voted for a transitional scheme to protect those currently receiving tax credits as reductions in the amounts paid are brought in.
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On 27 Oct 2015:Karl Turner voted to retain the "work-related activity component" in the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 27 Oct 2015:Karl Turner voted to retain the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 27 Oct 2015:Karl Turner voted against reducing the household benefit cap, against freezing the rate of many working-age benefits, against reducing social rents in England and against other changes to the benefits system.
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On 18 Nov 2015:Karl Turner was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — The Economy — Tax Credits — Investment in Science, Technology and Green JobsShow vote

On 6 Jan 2016:Karl Turner voted against cutting universal credit benefits for many people in paid work
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On 27 Jan 2016:Karl Turner voted against planned housing benefit cuts applying to those in supported housing.
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On 23 Feb 2016:Karl Turner voted to retain the "work-related activity component" in the Employment and Support Allowance.
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On 23 Feb 2016:Karl Turner voted to retain the "limited capability for work" element of Universal Credit.
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On 2 Mar 2016:Karl Turner voted to make the removal of the work-related activity component from employment and support allowance conditional on an impact assessment and to require Parliament to approve details of implementing the change.
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On 2 Mar 2016:Karl Turner voted to make the removal of the limited capability for work element of universal credit conditional on an impact assessment and to require Parliament to approve details of implementing the change.
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On 26 May 2016:Karl Turner voted against repealing the Human Rights Act 1998; for plans to save the steel industry including fast-tracking infrastructure projects requiring large amounts of steel; and for a principle of the Government not borrowing to fund day-to-day spending.
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On 8 Jun 2016:Karl Turner was absent for a vote on Benefit Cuts for Disabled and Ill People Deemed Capable of WorkShow vote

On 20 Jul 2016:Karl Turner voted not to cut housing benefit for recipients in supported housing.
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On 20 Jul 2016:Karl Turner voted against reducing public borrowing and against capping welfare spending.
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On 16 Nov 2016:Karl Turner voted against reductions to the work allowance element of universal credit and reductions to employment and support allowance and in favour of analysing how changes impact those in different incomes.
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